The UTM soccer team received five All-OVC awards recently, walking away with two first-team honorees, one second-team selection and two third-team picks.

Forward Kindal Keim of Mustang, Okla., was named to the All-OVC first team as a freshman. Keim finished the season as one of only four players to start in every contest played by the Skyhawks in the 2003 season. Keim tallied four goals and six assists on the season. She finished third on the team in shots with 36.

Sharing first-team honors with Keim is sophomore standout Dani Myrick of Midwest City, Okla. Myrick, who also plays forward for the Skyhawks, finished with 11 goals this season, earning a spot in the UTM record books with 27 career goals. She finished first on the team with seven assists, setting a new career record of 14.

Receiving second team honors is Jamie Ohlheiser, a defender from Oklahoma City, Okla. She started in all 19 games played this season as a freshman. She helped her team to four shutouts this season.

In conference play, the defense held its opponents to 12 goals and 166 shots, including a scoreless tie against Jacksonville State and a shutout over Morehead State.

She has helped lead the defense to five defensive saves this season. Ohlheiser also finished with one goal and two shots, giving her the highest shot percentage (.500) on the team. Captain Lindsey Tilk was named to the All-OVC third team. Tilk started in 18 games this season and was a vital defender. The sophomore missed one non-conference contest against Lipscomb University due to an injury.

She finished the season with eight shots. and helped force five overtime contests this season with conference ties against Jacksonville State and Eastern Illinois.

Tilk also shows hard work in the classroom as well as on the field, being nominated for the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Women’s Soccer Team.

Sharing third team honors with Tilk is sophomore standout Katie Jackson, a forward from Franklin, Tenn. She started in 18 of 19 games played this season, leading the team in almost every offensive category.

Jackson finished first in goals with 16, bringing her career total to 22. She tallied a team-high 62 shots, also giving her the second highest shot percentage with .258. Jackson tied Myrick with four game-winning goals.

As a team the Skyhawks posted a 9-7-3 worksheet. The team was 4-2-2 in the league. The Skyhawks finished fourth in the OVC race and hosted their first-ever postseason OVC tournament game.

In other individual honors, UTM junior Ginger Schmitt is being rewarded for her determination in the classroom. Schmitt has been named to the Verizon Academic All-America Third Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

In order to receive a nomination for this award, an athlete must be a starter or an important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average. They must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games.

Schmitt has gone above and beyond completing these requirements. She started in seven of thirteen games, sitting out several games at the end of the season due to a knee injury. She is a junior at both academic and athletic levels currently holding a 4.0 cumulative GPA.

Schmitt, a native of The Colony, Texas, has become a valuable midfielder to the Skyhawk squad, offering leadership for a young team in the 2003 season.

She is the daughter of Patrick and Patricia Parson and the wife of Chris Schmitt. Chris is also a student at UTM and provides assistance with the Skyhawk soccer team as a student manager.